Holding
on to hope is the challenge of all grief and loss experience. Finding courage
or energy to go on day after day requires hope of healing, hope for future.
Holding on to hope is not always easy. Some days it requires all of our energy
just to maintain our own lives. On other days, we at least want to believe that
"for everything there is a purpose," as we try to find the purpose in
our own experience. That requires finding ways to make meaning even out of
situations that may seem so meaningless. Those are the days we really struggle
to find belief in the unseen.
Many
people say those days of struggle are when they lean most heavily on their
faith, in order to find the inspiration and comfort they need to be able to go
on. After all, Scriptures says, "Now faith is being sure of what we hope
for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)
There
are many days, walking through that maze of healing, that require belief in
God, hope and future without seeing any proof of them. Time in prayer, reading
His Word, and fellowship with believers can all help in the struggle of holding
on.
Holding
on to hope requires active participation. It is not a passive process. It
requires holding on to faith in the future, at a time when we can barely
survive the present. It means clinging to the belief that God is good and will
help us when all we can see seems to say that is not true.
-- from A Time to Mourn, A
Time to Dance: Help for the Losses in Life
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